MLA Style (9th edition)

If ChatGPT and other AI tools are used to gather information for an assignment, it should be cited. MLA has the following suggestions,

• cite a generative AI tool whenever you paraphrase, quote, or incorporate into your own work any content (whether text, image, data, or other) that was created by it 
• acknowledge all functional uses of the tool (like editing your prose or translating words) in a note, your text, or another suitable location in your assignment
• be sure to verify the secondary sources it cites (see Citing Secondary Sources Used by an AI Tool example)

Note about MLA: Information about using and citing ChatGPT and other generative AI tools is still being developed and will continue to be updated. (last updated March 2023)

Works Cited

"Title of Source." (this describes what was generated by the AI tool, such as the prompt used). Name of the AI Tool, include a date version if available, Publisher (Name of the company that made the tool), date (the date the content was created), URL (when available give the URL for the content created by a prompt. Otherwise, give the general URL for the tool). 

In-text citation:

(Title of Source).